Jerome Gambit: Concrete

It can be fun experimenting with different lines in the Jerome Gambit, but it is helpful to know about some common mistakes that Black might make and how to respond to them in a concrete manner.

emmanuelcardoso - Maia127

3 0 blitz, Chess.com

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf6 

7.Qf5+ 

Recently successful, although not as strong, was 7.d4: 7...Bb4+ 8.c3 Nd3+ 9.Kd2 Nxc1 10.f4 g6 11.Qg5+ Kf7 12.Qxd8 Ne7 13.Qxh8 b6 14.cxb4 Bb7 15.Qxh7+ Black resigned, Anonymous - Anonymous, 5 2 blitz, lichess.org. 2020.

7...Ke7 8.Qxe5+ Kf8 9.Qxc5+ d6 10.Qe3 Nf6 

11.Nc3 h6 12.d3 Kg8 13.O-O Kh7 

14.b3 Re8 15.Bb2 d5 

16.Rae1 dxe4  17.Nxe4 Bf5 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Qxe8 

Giving back some material to reach a quiet, pawns-up endgame.

19...Qxe8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Bxf6 

21...Re2 22.Rc1 Kg6 23.Bd4 Be6 

This cuts off the Rook's possible retreat.

24.f3  h5 25.Kf1 Black resigned